Francine Patterson
3) Koko's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
The author recounts her experiences with Koko, a gorilla, duringthe fourteen years she has been teaching her to communicate through sign language.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Introduces us to Koko the gorilla at age three, recently brought from the San Francisco Zoo to Stanford University by Dr. Penny Patterson for a controversial experiment. Koko is taught the basics of human communication through sign language.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1971, graduate student Penny Patterson began teaching sign language to a gorilla named Koko, a scientific experiment that evolved into an intimate friendship lasting almost half a century and changed the course of human-animal communication.
